Study of Social, Ethical Woman in Fairy Tales for Children

Study of Social, Ethical Woman in Fairy Tales for Children

Wahyu Sukartiningsih

Elementary Teacher Education

Department

Universitas Negeri Surabaya

Surabaya, Indonesia

[email protected]

Neni Mariana


Department


Surabaya, Indonesia

[email protected]

Maryam Isnaini Damayanti


Department


Surabaya, Indonesia

[email protected]

Abstract—The research is based on the identity of a

woman's life. Appreciation and recognition of a woman's

identity is very important to instill in children. The aim

of this study was formulated with a general goal, which

is to describe the social ethical aspects of women in fairy

tales for children. This research is a descriptive-

qualitative study to describe the ethical

social aspects of women in fairy tales for

children. Research data sources are fairy tale books sold

in bookstores and fairy tales in kindergarten. In this

study, 50 of books were taken0. Data collection

techniques used in this study were document review of

material or fairy tale books for children. The data

analysis technique used in this study uses book review

techniques in the form of content analysis. From the

results of the study it can be stated that the social

ethical aspects exist in fairy tales

Keywords—aspect of social ethical, woman, Fairy for

children

I. INTRODUCTION

Appreciation and recognition of a woman's

identity need to be instilled in children, because so far

most have assumed that women are weak human

figures, who need the protection of a man, often being

on the side that must succumb (lose), must obey the

wishes of men , and so on.

Such assumptions are indeed not all wrong

because it must be admitted that physically, women

are weaker than men. In this case, Ulfiatin (2000

argues that in Indonesia, women are left out of

marginal and meaningless roles in people's lives. The

minority of the role of women in the structure and

institutions of this society is called the gender bias

(Riches in Ulfiatin, 2000).

According to Ulfiatin (2000), the term gender

refers to the classification of roles between men and

women. The concept of gender was first raised by the

stream of Western feminism that is struggling to take

recognition of the competence of women in

development and in the field of public life. Feminists

believe that men and women have the same social-

psychological potential that can be developed in a

balanced way. However, they are also aware of the

natural differences that exist between men and

women.

Regarding natural differences between men and

women, physically it needs to be recognized that

women are indeed weaker than men. Coupled with the

fact that women have to undergo menstruation every

month, pregnant, and giving birth. When a woman

conceives and then gives birth to her baby, there is a

form of physical stress that is so devastating that it

causes a woman's physical state to be weaker than a

man's.

Meanwhile, the position between men and

women is recognized in the Qur'an through its verse

which means "man is a leader for women". However,

in addition to regulating the position of women and

men, in the Koran also contained verses that indicate

the existence of equality between men and women as

stated in Surat an-Nisa verse 1, Surat Al-A'raf verse

189, Surat An -Nahl verse 172, and Surat Ash-Shura

verse 11. Even in the Koran also stipulates verses that

recognize that women have a higher position than

men, as in Surat An-Nisa which reads "Who should be

respected first? Your mother, your mother, your

mother (three times), then your father ". In addition,

the right and position of women who are so high is also

seen in the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad who

stated that heaven is at the sole of the mother's feet.

As what happened to banners that were

physically weaker than animals like elephants, tigers,

and so on, but managed to overcome the dominance of

bigger and stronger animals by realizing their potential

and having the guts not to give up easily, then fairy

tales are also expected can provide insight to children

how a woman who has a physical weakness but does

not know surrender, potential, and has the strength to

exist and fight for her life, her family, and

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society. Through this kind of fairy tale, it is hoped that

children will respect the dignity of women, and not

always place women as a minority. Because to be able

to live and have an existence in society, women must

be able to struggle with their various weaknesses. For

this reason, this study is intended to examine aspects

of education about the struggle for women's lives

(gender) in fairy tales for children.

Issues to be observed in this study is “How

educational aspects related to women's struggle in

fairy tales for children?” The purpose of this study is

to describe the aspects of education related to the

struggle of women in fairy tales for children.

The values of democracy, justice, truth,

honesty, and the like are part of the pillars of social life

(Muhajir, 1993). According to Krishna, education has

been focused more on developing intelligence on

students' intelligence, through fairy tales children can

also sharpen their intelligence, because there are many

fables both from the archipelago or from abroad

carrying basic moral values (Kompas.com, 2010).

Technology should be created, art needs to be

created, and immoral inventions are needed. However,

efforts to maintain and preserve human values that are

pillars of people's lives need to be maintained and

preserved. If every time a pillar is removed and

replaced it will be repeatedly shaken by the stability of

social life. For this reason, the values produced by

human civilization need to be refined, but not

necessarily every time they are changed. In her

research, Septiani (2014) discusses implementation of

the values of women's struggle in Poetri Hindia

Newspaper 1908-1911. The elements discussed in this

paper include women’s lives in the end of the 19th

century until beginning of the 20th century, the

publication of the Poetri Hindia newspaper, and the

values of women’s struggle in that newspaper.

Related to this, there are six values of life

proposed by Spranger (in Muhajir, 1993), namely

economy, politics, society, science, art, and

religion. These six life values were later modified by

Abdullah Sigit into seven life values, namely science,

economics, beauty, politics, religion, kinship, and

physicality. From the value of life coupled with the

value of the ability of the human soul (psychological

values) and social institutions (sociological values) if

arranged in parallel can be used as a basis for finding

values that can be accepted as goals and criteria for

educational activities in human life. Starting from

psychological, sociological, and philosophical

analysis, seven criteria can be applied in human life,

namely rational-ethical, aesthetic, religious ethical,

healthy-sportsmanship, social-ethical, service

authority, and human efficiency. According to Ellese

(2019), the struggle to have a lifestyle and simple

thinking is the biggest challenge of today's women. As

simple as someone who thinks that only the power of

Love will be the solution. Solutions in family

problems, socializing with each other and the nation.

Love for God and love for others. Women, if you know

your identity and your purpose to be present in the

world, then you are truly a hero to your family, nation

and country and even to the world.

II. RESEARCH METHOD

A. Research Design

This research is a descriptive-qualitative study

to describe aspects of the education of appreciation

for women in fairy tales for children. In other

words, this research is a Science

Research and Humanistic Research, which is a

type of research related to human life and social

culture.

B. Data

The data of this study are social ethical

values in fairy tales that have been published as

children's reading in kindergartens and in

bookstores . What is meant by fairytale books are

books sold in bookstores that present stories in the

form of fairy tales. These books contain a series of

fairy tale stories, both drawn from fairy tales from all

over Indonesia and fairy tales from abroad. In this

study, fairy-tale stories from abroad are also used as

analytical material because these stories also become

the consumption material of Indonesian children's

reading.

Not all the books that were taken as analysis

material were sold in bookstores, but only 25 books

were taken as samples. The twenty books selected in

this study are based on the consideration that these

books are very popular as a story or fairy tale for

Indonesian children. Worldwide fairy tales, such as


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Cinderella, or Ali Baba and 40 Thieves are also taken

as analysis material because these fables are also very

attractive to children as reading material.

What is meant by reading material in the form

of fairy tales in kindergarten, which is used as a source

of data are printed books both available in

kindergarten and are usually used as a source of

material for storytelling activities both in the form of

storytelling orally (in story telling ) and in the form of

reading books ( story reading) ). The reading material

in kindergarten can be in the form of books containing

fairy tales, magazines, or other reading material that

contains stories in the form of fairy tales.

The instrument in this study was the researcher

himself. However, in this study an analytical aid in the

form of guidelines containing questions about the

ethical aspects of the social in fairy tales is used .

Data collection techniques used in this study

were document review of material or fairy tale books

for children. Literature material in the form of fairy

tales books for children is used for study material

documentation of the social ethical aspects of women

in fairy tales.

The data analysis technique used in this study

uses book review techniques in the form of content

analysis . Data that has been collected in data

collection activities is then analyzed and interpreted

using interpretive descriptive analysis with the

following procedures:

1) Identifying data, i.e. identifying data that is included

in the social ethical aspects of women in fairy tales

(data sources). The data that has been identified are

listed in the data list in the context of classification

activities based on research problems.

2) Classifying the data that has been identified into

certain patterns, namely the social

ethical aspects of women

3) Interpreting the social ethical aspects of women in

fairy tales for children.

4) Triangulation, carried out by consulting literary

experts.

5) Describe the social ethical aspects of women in

fairy tales.

6) Summarizing the results of research based on the

overall results of data analysis that has been done.

III. RESEARCH RESULT

In this study, the researcher examines aspects

of education about the struggle for women's lives in

fairy tales, both from stories written in book form or

as stories written in a magazine.

Social aspects of ethical woman in fairy tale

needs attention from educators and parents to react, for

example by efforts highlight aspects of other forces in

the physical weaknesses that are owned by women.

Social-ethical values indicate the social aspects

of society shown by female figures in children's fairy

tales. The social-ethical aspect is an aspect of

educational values that is very important to be known,

understood, and even applied by children. Through the

model shown by fairy tale characters, children can

expand their knowledge and insight about social life

and how social life.

In the children's fairy tale, the social-ethical

aspect of a woman is an important aspect that can be

done by a woman who has a physically weak, but very

high social sensitivity. Related to aspects of women's

life struggle, the social-ethical aspects in children's

fairy tales can be detailed as follows

a. Socio-Ethical Aspects in Efforts Herself

From its social-ethical aspects, a woman can

overcome her difficulties. Such figures are seen

in the female figures in the tale of the Three

Brothers. In this fairy tale the life struggle of a

woman whose husband had died to allow her three

children to leave far away overseas. With his

determination to allow his children to leave him

alone is an example of a mother's struggle in

supporting her children to achieve what they aspire.

b. Socio-Ethical Aspects in Efforts to Family,

Community, and the Country

The social-ethical aspects of a woman can

overcome her own difficulties and the difficulties

experienced by the people, families, or the

surrounding community are seen in female figures

in fairy tales (1) Panji Laras, (2) Putri Belibis Putih

, and (3) Blanket Blanket -Yellow. In the fairytale of


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Princess White grouse , described the struggle of

the princess from the incarnation of white grouse

which helped Pak Tani who saved her when she was

injured. He tried to repay the kindness that was done

by the farmer and mother by fighting for the life of

the farmer and mother who had been so miserable to

become a better and better life. The White Grouse

Princess responded to the kindness of the peasant

by weaving threads and producing sheets of cloth to

be sold by the farmers in the market.

c. The Socio-Ethical Aspect ofAppreciation of

Women's Harkat and Dignity

From its social-ethical aspect, a woman can be

valued for her dignity and dignity, and not easily

underestimated her position and achievements as

practiced by female characters in fairy tales (1)

Ali Baba and 40 Thieves, (2) Repentance of a

Slacker, and ( 3) Tortoise Marked White on the

Head. In these tale, it is told that with his glory and

his greed, Alibaba's wife and Mr. Idler's wife saved

her husband from the disaster that would befall

him. In these tales, it appears that the influence of

a wife is very great on the glory or misery of her

husband.

IV. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

The social-ethical aspect of a woman is an

important aspect that can be done by a woman who has

a physically weak, but very high social sensitivity. It

can be proved in the embodiment aspects of life

struggle of women, socio-ethical in a children's story,

which includes (1) Socio-Ethical in Efforts herself,

that a woman can overcome all difficulties on their

own without the help of men, lai , (2) Socio-Ethical in

efforts to her family, community, and the Country ,

that a woman can overcome the difficulties of its own

as well as the difficulties experienced by people,

family, or people in the vicinity, and (3) Aspects of

Socio Ethical about the Appreciation of Women's

Dignity and Dignity , that a woman can be valued for

her dignity and dignity, and not easily underestimated

her position and achievements from the results of this

study it is suggested to parents, teachers, and society

to use children's fairy tales as an ingredient in raising

children's attention to the role of women and their

struggle, dignity, and dignity.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We would like thanks to Universitas Negeri

Surabaya for granting research permisiion and funding

for this research

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